2008_Stockport_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

2008 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

2008 UK local government election

Elections to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. The Liberal Democrats held overall control of the council.

The council is currently made up of;

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Ward results

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	Seats^[1]	+/-
Liberal Democrat	36	0
Labour	14	-1
Conservative	10	+1
Heald Green Ratepayer	3	0

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Liberal Democrats	12	1	1	0	57.1	39.6	31,655
Conservative	4	1	0	+1	19.0	35.2	28,127
Labour	4	0	1	-1	19.0	15.9	12,740
Independent	1	0	0	0	4.8	3.2	2,594
BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.6	2,050
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	1,818
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Linda Holt	3,043	56.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Ellis	2,018	37.3
	Labour	Kathryn Priestley	140	2.6
	BNP	David Gordon	123	2.3
	UKIP	Malcolm Crossley	84	1.6
Majority			1,025	19.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Bagnall*	2,762	59.4
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Holloway	1,554	33.4
	Labour	Beryl Dykes	170	3.7
	UKIP	David Perry	163	3.5
Majority			1,208	26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Stella Humphries	2,056	61.0
	Conservative	Jamie Holland	996	29.5
	Labour	Clifford Stanway	321	9.5
Majority			1,060	31.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2008_Stockport_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election

2008 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election

Summary

Ward results

Bramhall North ward

Bramhall South ward

Bredbury and Woodley ward

Bredbury Green and Romiley ward

Brinnington and Central ward

Cheadle and Gatley ward

Cheadle Hulme North ward

Cheadle Hulme South ward

Davenport and Cale Green ward

Edgeley and Cheadle Heath ward

Hazel Grove ward

Heald Green ward

Heatons North ward

Heatons South ward

Manor ward

Marple North ward

Marple South ward

Offerton ward

Reddish North ward

Reddish South ward

Stepping Hill ward

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Lees	2,159	48.0
	Conservative	John Rogers	2,040	45.3
	Labour	Bill Cawley	303	6.7
Majority			119	2.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Walker	1,264	46.9
	Labour	Maureen Rowles	1,009	37.5
	Conservative	Steve Holgate	259	9.6
	Green	Phil Shaw	162	6.0
Majority			255	9.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mick Jones	2,194	45.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Carter	2,177	45.4
	Labour	Colin Owen	420	8.8
Majority			17	0.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Pantall	2,009	56.8
	Conservative	Christopher Ashley	1,105	31.3
	Labour	Brian Harrop	231	6.5
	UKIP	Hilda Peake	190	5.4
Majority			904	25.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Lenny Grice	2,215	51.3
	Conservative	Mark Roscoe	1,702	39.4
	Green	David Leaver	141	3.3
	Labour	Linda Sinclair	131	3.1
	UKIP	Cyril Peake	126	2.9
Majority			513	11.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Smith	1,427	45.4
	Labour Co-op	Brian Hendley	903	28.7
	Conservative	Chris Holgate	589	18.7
	BNP	Steven Flood	224	7.1
Majority			524	16.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sheila Bailey	1,447	46.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Rawling	972	31.4
	Conservative	Beryl Charlesworth	481	15.5
	Green	Vanessa Kellaway	199	6.4
Majority			475	15.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Hogg	2,345	54.9
	Conservative	Julian Lewis-Booth	1,668	39.0
	Labour	Yvonne Bradley	262	6.1
Majority			677	15.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Peter Burns	2,594	68.5
	Conservative	Robert Stevenson	396	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Roberts	352	9.3
	BNP	Richard Skill	247	6.5
	Labour	Peter Jackson	197	5.2
Majority			2,198	58.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Les Jones	2,069	52.9
	Labour	Margaret Pollard	1,000	25.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Dowling	358	9.1
	Green	Janet Cuff	336	8.6
	UKIP	Gerald Price	150	3.8
Majority			1,069	27.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heatons South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Colin Foster	1,796	45.3
	Conservative	Alex Raisbeck	1,468	29.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Axtell	408	10.3
	Green	Peter Barber	292	7.4
Majority			328	15.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Derbyshire	1,435	45.4
	Labour	Brigitte Lechner	739	23.4
	Conservative	Barry Charlesworth	551	17.4
	BNP	Duncan Warner	437	13.8
Majority			696	22.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marple North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Candler	2,162	51.2
	Conservative	Cath Walsh	1,502	35.6
	Green	Maggie Preston	340	8.1
	Labour	David Rowbottom	215	5.1
Majority			660	15.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marple South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Shan Alexander	2,051	51.6
	Conservative	William Wragg	1,391	35.0
	UKIP	Tony Moore	201	5.1
	Green	Graham Reid	180	4.5
	Labour	Karen Vickers	151	3.8
Majority			660	16.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Goddard	1,602	48.8
	Conservative	Nikki Lewis-Booth	738	22.5
	BNP	Stephen Maher	617	18.8
	Labour	Susan Ball	326	9.9
Majority			864	26.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anne Graham	1,341	48.5
	Conservative	Tony Hannay	699	25.3
	BNP	Paul Bennett	402	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Weigert	321	11.6
Majority			642	23.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Verdeille	1,382	49.5
	Conservative	Steve Burt	917	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	Danny Langley	494	17.7
Majority			465	16.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Maggie Clay	2,276	53.5
	Conservative	Michael Cunningham	1,557	36.6
	Labour	Janet Rothwell	256	6.0
	Green	Ken Pease	168	3.9
Majority			719	16.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing